Books in the Worlds of Performance series

The first comprehensive overview of the phases of Jerzy Grotowski's long and multi-faceted career. Featured are a unique collection of Grotowski's own writings and contributions from international theorist including Eugenio Barba and Peter Brooks.

Articles, statements, interviews and essays by and about some of the most influential avant-garde artists and performers. The artists include: Allan Kaprow, John Cage, Yvonne Rainer, Claes Oldenburg, Ann Halprin and George Maciunas. The collection concludes with an essay by Gunther Berghaus.

Introducing both Western and non-Western popular theatre practices, the sourcebook provides access to theatrical forms which have delighted audiences and attracted stage artists around the world.

This beautifully illustrated volume features work by leading writers and experts on carnival from around the world, and includes two stunning photo essays by acclaimed photographers Pablo Delano and Jeffrey Chock.

A fascinating anthology that brings together in one volume many of the most important articles written about Brecht between 1957 and 1997. An ideal companion to Brecht's plays and an invaluable reconsideration of his work.

Assessing the role of the human sensorium in performance, this book presents a multifaceted approach to the methodological, theoretical, practical and historical challenges facing the scholar and the artist. It examines the subtle actions of the human senses including taste, touch, smell and vision in different sorts of performances.

A fascinating anthology that brings together in one volume many of the most important articles written about Brecht between 1957 and 1997. These essays are an ideal companion to Brecht's plays.

The first comprehensive overview of the phases of Jerzy Grotowski's long and multi-faceted career. Featured are a unique collection of Grotowski's own writings and contributions from international theorist including Eugenio Barba and Peter Brooks.

This outstanding collection includes key texts by theorists such as Elin Diamond, Peggy Phelan and Lynda Hart and interviews with practitioners including Anna Deveare Smith and Robbie McCauley.

The first volume to consider African-American performance between and beyond the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and the New Black Renaissance of the 1990s.

This outstanding collection includes key texts by theorists such as Elin Diamond, Peggy Phelan and Lynda Hart and interviews with practitioners including Anna Deveare Smith and Robbie McCauley.

The first volume to consider African-American performance between and beyond the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s and the New Black Renaissance of the 1990s.

Assessing the role of the human sensorium in performance, this book presents a multifaceted approach to the methodological, theoretical, practical and historical challenges facing the scholar and the artist. It examines the subtle actions of the human senses including taste, touch, smell and vision in different sorts of performances.

Introducing both Western and non-Western popular theatre practices, the sourcebook provides access to theatrical forms which have delighted audiences and attracted stage artists around the world.

This beautifully illustrated volume features work by leading writers and experts on carnival from around the world, and includes two stunning photo essays by acclaimed photographers Pablo Delano and Jeffrey Chock.

An extraordinary resource for practitioners and students of directing providing a collection of ground-breaking interviews, primary sources and essays on twentieth century directing theories and practices around the world.